Metacognitive monitoring bias and precision modulate when students stop studying relative to their goals¶
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q2 i? Metacognitive bias (over- or underconfidence) and precision (consistency of judgments) determine how accurately students anticipate exam performance and when they disengage from studying. → Brendan A. Schuetze 2024
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Brendan A. Schuetze 2024¶
Brendan A. Schuetze. (2024). A Computational Model of School Achievement. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09853-6
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Model description explaining how metacognitive monitoring operates as a circuit breaker. Overconfident students will overestimate their knowledge and discontinue studying early; underconfident students may study past the time necessary to achieve their norm of study.
"Students discontinue studying due to one of two reasons. Either (1) they have assessed that they have reached their goal in terms of anticipated achievement (norm of study). These assessments are where metacognitive monitoring comes into play."
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Metacognitive monitoring bias and precision modulate when students stop studying relative to their goals |
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